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Article: Charloma bolstering capacity.(Brief Article)
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- Plastics News
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- February 14, 2000
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Charloma Inc. is expanding its thermoforming capacity by buying equipment and building an addition in Cherryvale, Kan.
The firm is investing about $2.5 million in the program, according to sales and marketing director David Spears. It involves purchasing a new Brown rotary thermoformer capable of forming twin sheet as large as 5 feet by 7 feet, and expanding an existing machine's capacity to 10 feet by 12 feet from the previous 8 feet by 12 feet.
Spears said new equipment has been delivered and will be hooked up when construction of the addition is complete, probably in early spring. Charloma is boosting floor space to 200,000 square feet. The new Brown ...